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From: rav@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au (++           robin)
Subject: Re: Ariane 5 - not an exception?
Date: 1996/08/06
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	pmartin@alsys.com (Pascal Martin @lone) writes:

	>Which PL/I compilers are available today on Sparc/Solaris, HP700/HPUX,
	>Windows/Intel and PowerPC/* ? I thought the language was dead since
	>the demise of IBM mainframes and the death of (the beloved) Multics.

   PL/I is available on at least the following systems:

     *	IBM PC and compatibles (80x86).

        *  IBM PL/I for OS/2: is available in 3 versions:
		Personal Edition	}
		Professional Edition	} Details at the bottom of this posting
		Toolkit.		}	
		---available from IBM

        *  Liant Open PL/I, for 80x86 & Pentium running UNIX SVR3 and SVR4
		---available from Liant Software Corporation
	   	959 Concord Street
	   	Framingham, MA 01701-4613
	   	Tel. (508) 872-8700  Fax (508) 626-2221
		(their PL/I generally is available on Unix-based systems)

	* Windows NT -- available from Liant

	* Windows 95/NT -- available 29 June 1996 from IBM

     * IBM AS/400
    		--- available from IBM

     *	IBM mainframes
		--- available from IBM

     *	HP 9000 HP-UX
		---available from Liant Software Corporation (address sbove)

     *	SPARC SunOS 4.x, Solaris 2.x
		---available from Liant

     *	IBM RS/6000 AIX
		---available from Liant Software Corporation;
		---also available from IBM as PL/I Set for AIX.

     *  Data General AViiON with DG-UX
		---available from Liant.

     *  Digital Equipment Corp. on Open VMS and Alpha AXP systems
		---available from Digital Equipment Corporation.
		UniPrise also has compilers for these systems.

     *  Stratus Computer, Inc.
		---available under VOS on all Stratus computers except AX/R-S.


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P.S. IBM mainframes are still being installed.